内蒙古呼和浩特市2023年中考英语真题

—It's for ____, Mum. Happy birthday!

—It ____ really great. I'd like another cup.

—Yes, we ____ well by our hosts. 

—Hurry up! Our friends ____ for us at the gate. 

—Sure. 

—I don't think he can realise his dream ____ he works hard. You know, no pain, no gain.

—____ I've been looking forward to it for days.

A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was happy when he saw the sky 1  colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for his son. 

The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, "Father, it seems that the string（线）is 2 the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be 3 and fly even higher. Can we cut it?" The father agreed. The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy 4 .

But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. It soon 5 to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He said to his father, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. 6 did it fall down?"

The father explained, "The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, 7 was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right 8 using the string. But when you cut the string, it could 9 support the kite. "

We may sometimes feel like there are certain things 10  are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things supporting us the most. 

A village primary school in Yunnan Province has amazed everyone who knows it. The school with more than 1,000 teachers and students has achieved 1  self-sufficiency（自给自足）by offering farming for students. 

Jingwai Mingde Primary School is made up of five local village primary schools. Since 2008, it has been paying attention to students' 2 in an all-round way through labor（劳动）education. The school has been 3 with about 150 mu of farmland and has fed itself for 15 years. On the farmland, students can 4 farmwork.

Most of the time, farmers are responsible for the land, but the teachers 5  students in doing farmwork twice a week. After entering Grade 3, each class is given a piece of land to plant vegetables or 6  animals. The vegetables and animals will be used for their 7  meals. During the planting, students feel the hardship of farmwork and will 8  the food more in the future. 

According to headmaster Lei Yingfei, through labor education, students have 9 basic life skills, developed a sense of teamwork, as well as improved their performance of cultural courses. "Children who have not kissed the land will not have a complete childhood. The farm labor will build 10 social ability that lasts a lifetime," he said.

Recently, China has announced the list of the first five national parks. Each of them is divided into two parts—the core（核心）protection area and the general control area. In the core protection area, only research and surveillance（监视）in science are allowed. And the general control area is open to the public, allowing travel activities such as camping and hiking. In the future, national parks are expected to be natural classrooms. People can learn about different kinds of animals and plants through eco-friendly travel activities. 

Three River-Source National Park on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest national park in China. Because it is home to the sources of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, people call it "China's water tower".

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park is in Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces. It covers an area of 14,100 square kilometres. It is our country's biggest and only place for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards to live in.

Wuyi Mountain National Park in Fujian Province is a UNESCO natural and cultural heritage site（遗址）. The forest makes up over 96 percent of the park. The park is the paradise of birds, kingdom of snakes and world of insects. You can also see the Danxia landform（地貌）there. 

Giant Panda National Park connects panda habitats（栖息地）in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces. Inside the park are more than 1,600 wild giant pandas. They make up over 70 percent of the pandas in China. 

Hainan Tropical Rain forest National Park is the largest tropical forest in China. There are more than 400 kinds of plants that can only be found in Hainan. 

You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese? 

Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions（《红楼梦》）, written by Cao Xueqin（1715—1763）. Now the book has been made into an English-language opera. After being performed in San Francisco, the US, the performance came to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan in 2017. 

Many of the opera's creators have backgrounds in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights（剧作家）. Their understanding of both cultures helped them change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera.

The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Hwang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a tragedy（悲剧）that everyone would understand. 

The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes and stage decorations. He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin showed up on stage, there was usually water around her on the stage. 

The creators considered the work of introducing a Chinese classic to Western audience was worth doing. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to "have made a contribution（贡献）to the land where my parents were born".

Is there a way to quickly recall information just before taking an exam? Walking backward might be a solution. Scientists from the University of Roehampton in the UK said this activity can help people improve their short-term memory. 

Researchers asked 114 volunteers to watch a video. After watching the video, participants were split into three groups. One group was told to walk 10 metres forward. The second group walked 10 metres backward. The third group stood in one place. All three groups were then asked 20 questions about what they saw in the video. 

The scientists found that the backward-walking group got two more answers correct on average than the other two groups. 

This suggests that the link between the concepts（概念）of time and space is important in terms of how our minds form memories. When you walk backward, you see things from a different angle. This difference helps people recall things that took place in the past. 

And walking backward is not just good for our brains. It is also good for the rest of our bodies. Compared to walking forward, walking backward is more challenging. This can help us improve our fitness, according to New Scientist. Walking backward uses more energy in a short time and burns more calories. 

In addition, walking backward is less stressful for our knees. It could be helpful for people who often have pain in their knees, according to researchers from the University of Oregon in the US. Walking backward also keeps our spines（脊柱）strong, which can help to reduce pain in the lower back. This might be why many old people like walking backward. 

The world's first fully hydrogen-powered（氢动力）train line has officially begun running in Germany. The trains make almost no noise and run without polluting. Germany is planning to replace many of its diesel（柴油）trains with hydrogen trains.

On October 24, 2022, five hydrogen-powered trains began to make the 100-kilometre trip between Cuxhaven and Buxtehude in Germany. The new trains are part of a $ 92. 5 million project by LNVG, which has been testing the hydrogen-powered trains since 2018. 

At present, most trains run on diesel power. When diesel fuel is burned, it creates CO₂ and other polluting gases. These gases have helped create the climate crisis. That's partly why the LNVG has decided that all the trains on the route will run on hydrogen. The trains, called Coradia iLint trains, are built by the French company, Alstom. And LNVG has ordered a total of 14 of the hydrogen-powered trains.

Hydrogen is a gas that burns easily. Hydrogen can be used to create electricity by combining with oxygen in a "fuel cell". A fuel cell is like a battery that never runs down as long as it has hydrogen. The chemical reaction which takes place creates electricity. The Coradia iLint trains run on electricity created by hydrogen fuel cells. If the fuel cells make too much electricity, it's used to recharge（重新充电）the train's batteries. Because the motor is electric, the trains run almost silently.

There's a hydrogen station on the line to refuel the trains. But since the trains can go about 1,000 kilometres before they need more fuel, they only need to fill up once a day. The trains can go as fast as 140 kph—about the same as the diesel trains they're replacing.

In many places, hydrogen-powered trains are a smart choice for replacing diesel trains. The city of Frankfurt, Germany has already ordered 27 of the Coradia iLint trains. Other countries are also interested. France and Italy have ordered several of the hydrogen-powered trains. 

A: Hi, Jenny! Have you finished reading the magazine? 

B: Now I'm reading an article about China's world-famous bridges. Come and take a look at the pictures of the bridges.

A: How amazing! 

B: Just two—the First Beipan River Bridge and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. 

A: When did you visit the First Beipan River Bridge? 

B: In 2021. The bridge is very high. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it.

A: 

B: Yes, the bridge stands 565. 4 metres above a river. 

A: 

B: The world's longest cross-sea bridge is really a new wonder of the world. Last month, I took a bus to Hong Kong across the bridge.

A: That sounds great. I'm looking forward to visiting it.

A. Not yet. 

B. You can't imagine how fantastic it was.

C. As a Chinese student, I feel proud of our country. 

D. How many of them have you ever visited?

E. It is the highest bridge in the world, isn't it?

F. What about the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge?

G. It lies between Guizhou Province and Yunnan Province. 

The movie Home Coming took the lead in the box office during the National Day holiday. 

It tells a story that took place in North Africa. After a war breaks out there, two Chinese diplomats（外交官）are o to help evacuate（撤离）the overseas Chinese. After completing the first task successfully, they learn that another group of Chinese citizens is still in great d. Realising that these people will die if they don't give a hand, the two men travel through the war area. They r their lives to help over 100 Chinese citizens go to a safe place. The movie not only shows how the two diplomats protect the people w courage, but also shows their deep love for the country and people.

Home Coming reminds many people of a similar real event which truly h in Libya in 2011. Chinese Embassy helped the evacuation of more than 30,000 Chinese citizens. Behind this event were many e of Chinese diplomats. After watching the film, a man recalled his personal e 11 years ago. "We are the lucky ones b we have a strong country and are well protected," he said.

Home Coming is a hit partly because of the growing national pride and c Chinese people have in our country. A review reads, "Chinese passport might not get you anywhere you want, but it can always b you back home. "

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